On 24 June 2014 17:25, Chris McKenna <cmckenna@sucs.org> wrote:+1. Commons is behaving like damage that needs to be routed around.
> The problem is that people from other projects are uploading files in a good
> faith understanding that Commons will look after them, as they work on the
> principle that unless something is provably unfree then it is acceptable to
> host.
> Unfortunately, Commons actually operates on the principle that if there a
> possibility that someone somewhere may in future claim that a file is
> unfree, with or without proof, and with or without merit to the claim, then
> it cannot be held unless we have proof (of a higher standard than required
> by professional copyright lawyers) that the file is completely free in the
> US and the source country, now and at all conceivable future times, then it
> must be deleted. There is also a great reluctance to engage with anyone who
> has a lesser understanding of copyright than the self-educated and
> self-appointed experts on Commons, and with anyone who has a lesser grasp of
> English than they do. There is an equal reluctance to let anyone using the
> images know that there are questions about a file.
> Until this attitude changes, Commons is not and cannot be a reliable host of
> media for other projects, and usage as such must be deprecated and an
> alternative, reliable service project initiated.
- d.
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